Richard Sherman is an attention-getter, and sometimes that can backfire. Everyone knows he's the NFL's highest-paid and most popular cornerback, and that he's the most outspoken member of the Seattle Seahawks' Super Bowl champions. But he has a problem with everyone knowing exactly where he lives.

It's fine the Seattle Times did a celebrity real-estate story on Sherman after he used $2.31 million of his $40 million guaranteed to purchase a new mansion. But even though the address of the home formerly belonging to NBA player Jamal Crawford was a matter of public record, it wasn't smart to publish it. That was acknowledged by the newspaper, based on how the information has now been removed from the story.

Richard Sherman (AP Photo)

As a result, Sherman has been, according to multiple reports, "bombarded by fans hanging around his house." Sherman since has decided to take it out on all Seattle news outlets with his indefinite boycott of local media.

Where the Times made the biggest mistake, beyond the controversial judgment, was doing something to mute one of the league's best mouthpieces. Given Sherman's Michael Crabtree-dissing, Madden cover-gracing persona, no one should expect him to maintain mum through the season, let alone when training camp opens next month.

Sure, Sherman can be mad, but this comes with the territory when everyone's watching everything you do and say. It's the one real inconvenience of being a famous multimillionaire. Just ask any other elite professional athlete. Or any uber-popular entertainer.

Let's hope Sherman lifts this boycott soon, because we enjoy him being the rare NFL player who isn't afraid to speak (or not speak) his mind.